Pour the boiling solution into the jar so that the liquid covers tomatoes completely

Cover the jar with a lid but lose, not tight yet and pasteurize at 85°C for 20 min

Then tighten the lid

You can make your canned tomatoes in summer and store them for months till winter comes in a fridge or a basement. Best to consume as a snack on a freezing winter day, after “banja” (Russian sauna) with shots of ice cold vodka in a company of your babushka (Russian grandma).

Yury Tikunov

Stichting Wageningen Research – Plant Research International (WUR-PRI)